monstrance
nounA receptacle in which the host is held and displayed.
nounIn the Roman Catholic Church, originally, any receptacle in which sacred relics were held up to view; after the fourteenth century, restricted to the transparent or glass-faced shrine in which the consecrated host is presented for the adoration of the people, either while being carried in procession or when exposed on the altar.
nounA transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.
nounAn ornamental, often precious receptacle, either open or with a transparent cover, in which the consecrated host is placed for veneration.
nounproof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion
noun(Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration
